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<H1>IBM Visualization Data Explorer Installation and Configuration Guide</H1>
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<H1><A NAME="HDRIBM6000" HREF="../insguide.htm#ToC_13">Chapter 7. Installing Data
Explorer or Data Explorer SMP on an IBM RISC System/6000</A></H1>
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<LI><A NAME="PToC_14" HREF="#HDRIBMTAPE">7.1 Installing on an IBM RISC
System/6000 from Tape</A>
<LI><A NAME="PToC_15" HREF="insgu012.htm#HDRIBMCD">7.2 Installing on an IBM RISC
System/6000 from CD-ROM</A>
<LI><A NAME="PToC_16" HREF="insgu013.htm#HDRIBMCFG">7.3 Configuring a Data
Explorer License for IBM RISC System/6000</A>
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<LI><A NAME="PToC_17" HREF="insgu013.htm#Header_17">Note for licensees of IBM
Visualization Data Explorer SMP</A>
<LI><A NAME="PToC_18" HREF="insgu013.htm#Header_18">Setting up a Node-locked
License for an IBM RISC System/6000</A>
<LI><A NAME="PToC_19" HREF="insgu013.htm#Header_19">Setting up a Concurrent
License for an IBM RISC System/6000</A>
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Data Explorer is comprised of five subsystems as follows:
<TABLE CELLPADDING="3">
<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><P><B>Base executables
</B></TD><TD><P>contains all files needed to run Data Explorer.
</TD></TR><TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><P><B>Development environment
</B></TD><TD><P>contains libraries, header files and other tools needed to
build a custom executive.
</TD></TR><TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><P><B>Samples
</B></TD><TD><P>example programs, scripts, tutorial, and makefiles.
</TD></TR><TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><P><B>Online help

and HTML

</B></TD><TD><P>online help available from the Data Explorer User Interface,

and documentation in HTML format.
</TD></TR><TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><P><B>PostScript and ASCII documentation
</B></TD><TD><P>Documentation in PostScript format and for printing and in flat
ASCII format for basic minimal viewing.

</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P>
All subsystems are placed under a common directory (e.g.
<TT>/usr/local/dx</TT>)
which is referred to as the root of the Data Explorer installation tree.
Architecture-specific executable and library files are placed in the
directories
<TT>bin_<I>ARCH</I></TT> and
<TT>lib_<I>ARCH</I></TT> under the Data Explorer root, where
<I>ARCH</I> is one
of the supported architectures (alphax, aviion, hp700, ibm6000, sgi, solaris,
sun4).
As part of configuring Data Explorer, links and small files are
placed in the public file system that reference files within the Data Explorer
root
directory. The default Data Explorer root directory is
<TT>/usr/local/dx</TT>. In a networked
environment, it is most convenient for users if all workstations have
Data Explorer available through the same root directory. This makes it easier to
run the User Interface on one machine and the server on another.
<P>
Data Explorer is a licensed software product and uses the NetLS
licensing system to manage its licensing. Two types of licenses are
supported: node-locked and floating (or concurrent-use). Node-locked
licenses require a single configuration file containing an enabling
password, while the floating license requires that a NetLS license
server configured with at least one Data Explorer license is running somewhere
within your network. If you expect to use a floating license and you do
not have a NetLS license server running in your network you will need to
install one (see <A HREF="insgu032.htm#HDRNETLS">Chapter 15. "Installing a NetLS
License Server"</A>). Please note that node-locked
licenses do not require the use or installation of a NetLS license
server.
<P>
Data Explorer running under AIX requires that the following software
products be installed before attempting to install Data Explorer:
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>For AIX 3.2.5
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>bos.obj
<LI>bosext1.csh.obj
<LI>X11rte.obj
<LI>X11rte.ext.obj
<LI>X11fnt.coreX.fnt
</UL>

<LI>For AIX 4.x
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>bos.rte
<LI>X11.base.rte
<LI>X11.fnt.coreX
</UL>

</UL>
<P>
If you want to use hardware rendering you will need to have the
following installed:
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>For AIX 3.2.5
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>X11_3d.gl.rte.obj (for GL)
<LI>OpenGL.rte.obj (for OpenGL)
</UL>

<LI>For AIX 4.x
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>OpenGL.GL32.rte.base (for GL)
<LI>OpenGL.OpenGL_X.rte.base (for OpenGL)
</UL>

</UL>
<P>
If you want create a customized executive, you will need the following
development products:
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>For AIX 3.2.5
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>X11_3d.obj
<LI>X11dev.obj
<LI>X11_3d.gl.dev.obj (for GL)
<LI>OpenGL.dev.obj (for OpenGL)
</UL>

<LI>For AIX 4.x
<UL COMPACT>
<LI>OpenGL.GL32.adt.include (for GL)
<LI>OpenGL.OpenGL_X.adt.include (for OpenGL)
</UL>

</UL>
<P>
You can use AIX's <TT>lslpp</TT> tool to determine whether or not a
software product has been installed. For example, to determine if the
the X11 run-time environment for AIX 4.x has been installed enter the
following:
<PRE>
lslpp -h X11.base.rte
</PRE>
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<H2><A NAME="HDRIBMTAPE" HREF="#PToC_14">7.1 Installing on an IBM RISC
System/6000 from Tape</A></H2>
<P><B>Note: </B>Data Explorer does not use installp format.
<P>Tape distributions of Data Explorer contain three tar format files.
The first contains two install scripts
(installdx, install_lsk) and a PostScript file documenting Network
Computing System (NCS) issues (ncs_ps.Z). The second contains the Data Explorer
installation tree which contains Data Explorer for each of the supported
architectures. The third file contains NetLS license server installation
kits for each supported architecture. The NetLS license server is used
to support the standard licensing mechanism for Data Explorer.
<P>
To install Data Explorer, log in as root, insert the tape in the drive, and
type:
<PRE>
cd /tmp
tar xvf &lt;device&gt; installdx
&#46;/installdx &lt;platform&gt;
</PRE>
<P>
&lt;device&gt; is the appropriate tape device for the operating system
from which you run installdx.
Example tape devices for AIX are:
<PRE>
/dev/rmt0, /dev/rmt1, ...
</PRE>
&lt;platform&gt; is used to indicate the platform for which the Data Explorer
files will be extracted. The supported platforms are:
<PRE>
alphax, aviion, hp700, ibm6000, sgi, solaris, sun4
</PRE>
<P>
This argument is optional and the default is the host platform
(ibm6000).
<P>
The installation script will ask if you want to install or deinstall
Data Explorer and then a series of questions related to the installation. You
will be given the opportunity to set the installation directory and to
select the Data Explorer subsystems to install.
<P>
When doing an installation for an architecture other than the current
host, you may need to run the Configure script provided with Data Explorer on
the
workstations to which you expect to export the Data Explorer installation tree.
See <A HREF="insgu029.htm#HDRCFGSCR">Chapter 13. "The Configure Script"</A>.
<P>
Please follow the instructions presented by installdx carefully. In
particular, when asked to give the name of the tape device, be sure to
give the name of the non-autorewinding tape drive, examples of which are
provided by the script. Also, if at anytime during the tape installation
you are asked to mount the next tape, just press the &lt;ENTER&gt; key
to have the installation continue normally.
<P>
After installation and configuration is complete, which may take as much
as 30 minutes, you will be provided with a unique workstation (node)
identifier that must be provided to IBM to acquire the enabling license
information. See <A HREF="insgu013.htm#HDRIBMCFG">7.3 , "Configuring a Data
Explorer License for IBM RISC System/6000"</A> for information
on how to reacquire the identifier (if you lose it) and on how to use
the node identifier to enable Data Explorer.
<P>
<P><B>Note: </B>On AIX systems, the block size of the tape device must be set to
512 bytes. Use "smit" to determine and change the device block size
if necessary.
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